Great Song Pirate

Chapter 4 Ballista
Xu Yi saluted Jin Huo respectfully, then sat down and asked, "I don't know what's the reason for calling me here?"

Jin Huo raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl, wiped the wine on his beard and said: "I said you are here, little boy! Actually, I have nothing to do. I just want to ask you what you said last time. What are you doing now?" What's the matter, our harvest is not very good these days, if what you said is made, it really works, we will make a big ticket, it's better than now always making small troubles and only keeping food and clothing Strong." Jin Huo was very interested in the ballista that Xu Yi mentioned a few days ago, and specially found a few men who had done woodwork for him to help him. Now he remembered this matter, so he asked Xu Yi to ask ask.

"Basically it's going well, it's just that there was a little delay in the selection of materials, and I think I can finish it in two days!" A black line was drawn on Xu Yi's forehead, but he didn't dare to attack him, so he could only Answer quickly.

"Well! That's good. Fortunately, I didn't sell those tendons this time. Otherwise, I have to find these things. You hurry up and do it. I'm a little anxious!" Jin Huo said the tendons are actually whale tendons. The tendon, after treatment, has very good elasticity and toughness. It was extracted from a whale that was stranded on the island before. This time it was just used on the ballista to save the need to find materials. He could see the ballista that Xu Yi mentioned was placed in front of him.

Xu Yi got up and agreed, and after the two chatted for a while, Xu Yi left and started working again in his temporary workshop.

The ballista Xu Yi mentioned should actually be a scorpion-type crossbow invented by the Greeks. It is also a medium-sized light ballista. It does not have a wide crossbow arm and occupies a small area. The torsion spring made of animal tendons has considerable power after being tightened. It can shoot large arrows and stones. It is said that the speed is so fast that the naked eye can hardly see it. It is powerful and very accurate. It can be said that it is The pinnacle of the cold weapon era, for the Song Dynasty, it can be said to be a weapon beyond the age. In Xu Yi's impression, although the Song Dynasty has already started to have firearms, it is still very immature, and that is after the Southern Song Dynasty. , As for whether the bed crossbow was invented in the Song Dynasty now, he can't remember clearly, anyway, he has never heard Jin Huhu and the others say it.Although the structure of the ballista is relatively complicated, Xu Yi happens to like to read things in this area, and with his expertise, there is no problem in making this thing.

It’s simple to say, but it’s actually quite complicated to make. The shelf is easy to say, just find good wood and draw a good picture, but it’s very troublesome when the two sets of torsion springs are tightened. Otherwise, the shot will not be accurate. Xu Yi is wasting time on this now.

Seeing that Tiger Jin was in a hurry, Xu Yi didn't dare to be too negligent, so he summoned a few of his temporary subordinates to work hard. After two days of hard work, a ballista was finally completed in his workshop, and now the remaining Just experimented.

Xu Yi set up targets made of several thick planks on the beach from near to far. Jin Huo led a group of his men and stood watching from a distance with great interest. Yingchun also wore a red dress and stood beside Jin Huo. Beside her, Jiao Meng was courteous to her, but Yingchun didn't give him a good face, making his nose not nose face not face, Xu Yi was very happy to see it.

To be on the safe side, Xu Yi decided to test a nearby target first, so as not to miss the target and be embarrassing. Amidst the creaking sound of the winch, the bowstring on the ballista was gradually pulled away, and Xu Yi put a spear-like arrow on the ground. In the chute, and then operated the ballista to aim, everyone stopped whispering, holding their breath and waiting to see Xu Yi's tricks. After locking the target from the rear sight, Xu Yi pulled down the machine with all his strength. , The loose bowstring made a buzzing sound, and at the same time, the opened crossbow arm hit the block heavily, making a muffled sound. Everyone felt as if a black shadow flew out in front of them, and they didn't see the arrow clearly at all. Flying out, almost at the same time, I heard a crisp sound from the target, but the target just shook, and everyone didn't see the arrow stuck in the target, so everyone burst into laughter, thinking that Xu Yi didn't hit it at all. The target, and that Jiao Meng laughed the loudest, with a look of gloating, even Jin Huo, who was originally in high spirits, couldn't help but frowned, but some people had sharp eyes, including Jin Yingchun, who pointed at the target and shook Jin Huo. The tiger's arm yelled loudly: "It's hit, it's hit!"

After looking carefully, everyone found that there was a fist-sized hole in the middle of a good plank. It turned out that the arrow from the ballista actually passed through and flew a long way before falling down. Everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded. Well, they know that the wooden board used as a target is as thick as a fist, and how much force it takes to penetrate this wooden board!Jin Huhu was overjoyed now, and took the lead in shouting: "Okay! Okay! This thing is strong enough!" The people next to him also shouted, and Yingchun's voice was the loudest among them. When she looked at Xu Yi again, her eyes widened. It started to change.

After the success of the first arrow, Xu Yi had confidence in his heart, turned the winch again to pull the bowstring, and aimed at the farthest target. After carefully aiming, he pulled the trigger, and a huge arrow flew out in response , the applause of the crowd stopped immediately, because there was still no arrow on the target, and they thought they had passed through it again, but seeing that the target didn't even move, let alone there was a hole in it, there was a call from behind immediately. With the sudden laughter, Xu Yi blushed and almost stuck his head in the sand, which was a big embarrassment.

Jin Huhu, who was still smiling, couldn't help but lose his face, but someone with sharp eyes said regretfully: "Actually, the direction is good, but the shot is a little low!"

What a word to wake up the dreamer!Xu Yi slapped his head heavily in dejection. He was only concerned about his pride just now. This target was more than 100 meters farther than the target just now, but he was eager to show his face, so he directly chose the farthest target. Forgot the problem of the gravity of the earth, and forgot to adjust the aiming baseline when aiming, so he shot the arrow into the sand in front of the target, so Xu Yi prepared again, re-aimed, and there was another crisp sound, and the arrow whizzed away from the string. It was firmly nailed to the target, and it still passed through the target, leaving a fist-sized hole in it. The fly in the ointment was that the position of the target was a little bit high, and he aimed a little higher, but the result was already It was very satisfying, so everyone cheered again. With such power, ordinary ship planks can't withstand the attack of giant arrows, let alone people. Even if ten people stand in a row, they can still pierce through with one arrow. , What does this mean? Xu Yi doesn't say anything, and everyone understands. Now everyone looks at Xu Yi in the eyes that are not the same as before. There is already a little sense of respect in the eyes.

Xu Yi tested it again with a stone the size of a human head. Although the shooting range was not as great as when using arrows, the destructive power against ship boards and other things was even more amazing. When a thick wooden target with a large door board hit a stone, it was immediately smashed into a mess of sawdust. Flying, it broke into pieces, and the people present were even more shocked. After such a guy was put on the boat, wouldn't they be able to walk sideways in the sea from now on?Jin Huo laughed happily, his mouth was almost crooked, he patted Xu Yi's shoulder hard, he didn't know what to say, the old man's strength is really great, he almost didn't pat Xu Yi until he sat down On the ground, my shoulder hurts so much that I can hardly lift my arm.

Everyone was very happy. They kept looking around the crossbow gun. Seeing the exquisite design of the crossbow gun, they couldn't stop talking in amazement. They admired Xu Yi even more. The only person who was not happy was that Jiao Meng. He didn't expect Xu Yi to build this thing and steal everyone's limelight. When everyone else was busy complimenting Xu Yi, he walked away alone with a sullen expression on his face.

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